ʻO Dee Dee Bridgewater he mea mele jazz ʻAmelika. Ua koi ʻia ʻo Dee Dee e ʻimi i ka ʻike a me ka hoʻokō ʻana mai kona ʻāina hānau. I ka makahiki 30, hele mai ʻo ia e lanakila ma Paris, a ua hoʻokō ʻo ia i kāna mau hoʻolālā ma Farani.
Ua piha ka mea pena i ka moʻomeheu Farani. ʻO Paris ka "maka" o ka mea mele. Ma ʻaneʻi ʻo ia i hoʻomaka ai i ke ola mai ka wā kahiko. Ma hope o ka ʻike ʻia ʻana o Dee Dee a hana i kāna hui ponoʻī, neʻe ʻo ia i ʻAmelika.
Ua hana ʻo Dee Dee Bridgewater iā ʻAmelika ʻaʻole wale i ʻae a ʻike iā ia iho, akā hoʻolauleʻa pū i kāna talena me nā makana mele kiʻekiʻe loa. ʻAʻole hiki ke kapa ʻia ka hopena o Dee Dee he maʻalahi, akā e like me kā lākou e ʻōlelo nei: "He paʻakikī ke aʻo - he maʻalahi ke hakakā."
ʻO ka mea hoʻokani jazz kekahi o nā leo leo maikaʻi loa o ke kenekulia i hala. ʻO Dee Dee ka mea nona nā statuettes ʻelua o ka Grammy Award (1998, 2011) a me ka Tony Award (1975). ʻAʻole anei kēia he hōʻoia i loaʻa iā mākou kahi nugget maoli i mua o mākou?
ʻO ke kamaliʻi a me ka ʻōpio ʻo Dee Dee Bridgewater
Ua hānau ʻia ʻo Dee Dee Bridgewater ma ka lā 27 o Mei, 1950 ma Memphis. Ua noho ke kaikamahine i kona wā kamaliʻi ma Flint, Michigan. Ua pili ka wā kamaliʻi o Dee Dee me ke mele.
Ua mahalo kona makuahine i ka hana a Ella Fitzgerald. Hoʻokani pinepine ka hale i nā haku mele a kahi mea hoʻokani kaulana.
Ua ulu ʻo Dee Dee Bridgewater e hoʻolohe ana i ka leo o Ella. ʻO ka mea e mahalo ai, ua hoʻokani ka makua kāne o ke kaikamahine i ka pū me ka ʻoihana, ʻo ia wale nō ka mea i kōkua i ka hoʻokumu ʻana i ka ʻono mele.
ʻAʻole ʻo Papa Dee Dee wale nō he mea hoʻokani pū i ka papa mua, akā, he kumu hoʻi a me Charles Lloyd lāua ʻo George Coleman nā haumāna.
E like me nā keiki a pau, hele ke kaikamahine i ke kula kiʻekiʻe. He haumana akamai ʻo ia. Ma ke kula, ua ʻike ʻo Dee Dee i ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā mākau mele - ua hoʻonohonoho ʻo ia i kāna hui ponoʻī kahi āna i hīmeni ai i nā ʻāpana solo.
Akā naʻe, ua loaʻa iā Dee Dee kahi ʻike koʻikoʻi ma ke kahua ma muli o kona komo ʻana i ka hui kahi i hana ai kona makuakāne. I ka pau ʻana o ka makahiki 1960, ua huakaʻi ke kaikamahine a puni Michigan me ka hui. ʻOiai ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he mele.
Ma hope o ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi palapala, ua komo ʻo Dee Dee i ke kulanui. Eia nō naʻe, i kēia wā o ke ola, ua paʻa ke mele i kahi kūlana koʻikoʻi. Hoʻomaka koke ke kaikamahine e hīmeni i ka hui nui o ke kulanui, a ma 1969, me nā haumāna ʻē aʻe, hele ʻo ia i ka huakaʻi i ka Soviet Union.
I ka makahiki 1970, hui ka mea mele jazz me Cecil Bridgewater. ʻOi aku ia ma mua o kahi hālāwai. ʻAʻole i liʻuliʻu, ua noi ke kanaka ʻōpio iā Dee Dee. Ua male nā ʻōpio a neʻe i New York.
He mau makahiki ma hope o kēia hanana koʻikoʻi, ua hoʻāʻo ʻo Dee Dee a lilo i ʻāpana o kahi hui i alakaʻi ʻia e Thad Jones lāua ʻo Mel Lewis.
Ma hope o kēia hanana, hiki iā mākou ke kamaʻilio e pili ana i ka hoʻokumu ʻana o Dee Dee ma ke ʻano he mele ʻoihana. A laila hoʻopaʻa ʻo ia i nā haku mele me nā hōkū e like me Sonny Rollins, Dizzy Gillespie, Dexter Gordon.
ʻO ke ala hana o Dee Dee Bridgewater
I ka waena o 1970s, ua hoʻolei ʻia ʻo Dee Dee i ka mele mele Broadway ʻo The Wiz. ʻO ka mea hoʻokani jazz he ʻāpana o ka mele a hiki i 1976.
ʻO ka leo ikaika o ka mea mele, kona charisma a me kāna hiʻohiʻona nani, ʻaʻole ia i haʻalele i ka poʻe nānā maʻamau wale nō, akā i nā ʻelele koʻikoʻi o ka ʻoihana hōʻike.
No ke kuleana o Glinda Bridgewater, ua loaʻa iā Dee Dee ka makana Tony hanohano mua. Hāʻawi ʻia ka mea mele jazz no kāna hana ʻana i ke mele mele If You Believe.
Ua ʻōlelo kekahi mea hoʻohewa, "'If You Believe' he mele e hoʻoulu ai i ka manaʻolana a ola maoli ʻoe...".
I loko o kēia manawa like, ua hoʻomaka ʻo Dee Dee Bridgewater e hoʻāʻo iā ia iho ma ke ʻano he mea hana keaka. I ka makahiki 1974, ua hoʻomaka ka mea mele i kāna mele ma kahi lepili liʻiliʻi me ka hui ʻana o Afro Blue.
I kekahi mau makahiki ma hope mai, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻo Dee Dee Bridgewater i kahi hui kūikawā no Atlantic. ʻOiai ka leo ikaika, ʻaʻohe o nā lepili i makemake e lawe i nā mea hana o Dee Dee Bridgewater.
Wahi a ka poʻe loea, paʻakikī i ka mea mele ke koho i kahi repertoire. Kakaikahi ka poe i manaoio i ka uku o ka papahana. Ua ʻimi ʻo Dee Dee iā ia iho a me kāna ʻano hana hoʻokani pākahi.
Inā hoʻolohe ʻoe i ka hui ʻana o Bridgewater mua, hiki iā ʻoe ke lohe maopopo i ka hana pop. Ua ʻokoʻa nā leo o ka mea mele e ka laulā ākea a me ka ʻōlelo naʻau.
ʻO nā hōʻiliʻili mua he "raw" a "uneven". Aia nā "lele" mai ka haku mele a i ka haku mele. Ua pale kēia i nā hōʻiliʻili mai ka lilo ʻana i mea hoʻohui a kumu. Ua ʻimi ʻo Dee Dee i ke ʻano hana "kona" no ka manawa lōʻihi. Akā ʻaʻole i liuliu, ua lilo ʻo ia i kaʻao.
Ke neʻe nei i Farani
Ua loaʻa i ka mea pena i nā kono mai nā hale keaka hanohano ma Tokyo, Los Angeles, Paris a me Lākana. No ka manawa lōʻihi, ua haʻalele ʻo Dee Dee i ka manawa e hana ai i nā hale kiʻiʻoniʻoni nui, no ka mea, manaʻolana ʻo ia e ʻike iā ia iho ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa.
Ma hope o ka hele ʻana o ka mea mele jazz i ka manaʻo o ka hui Elektra, ua hoʻomaka kāna ʻoihana mele. ʻAʻole i liʻuliʻu ua hoʻokuʻu ʻo Dee Dee i ʻelua album.
Ke kamaʻilio nei mākou e pili ana i ka ʻohana Just Family (1977) a me Bad for Me (1979). ʻOiai ʻo kekahi mau kūleʻa, ʻaʻole ʻo Dee Dee Bridgewater he hōkū honua no nā poʻe mele mele ʻAmelika a me nā mea hoʻohewa mele.
ʻO ia ke kumu i ka hopena o 1980s ua hoʻoholo ka mea mele e neʻe i Farani. Ua hoʻoholo ʻia ʻo Dee Dee. No kekahi mau makahiki, ua hele ka mea mele i nā ʻano ʻahaʻaina jazz āpau, a ua hana pū i kahi hōʻike kīwī me Charles Aznavour.
Ma hope iki mai, hana ʻo Dee Dee i kahi hui jazz pilikino i hele pū me ka mea hīmeni i ka wā huakaʻi a me ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i nā haku mele.
ʻO ka mea e mahalo ai, aia ma Farani i hoʻokō ai ka mea mele i kekahi o nā manaʻo wiwo ʻole a kupaianaha - me Stephen Stahl, ua hoʻomākaukau ʻo Dee Dee i ka pāʻani ʻo Lady Day (e pili ana i ka mele mele jazz ʻeleʻele ʻo Billie Holiday).
Ma 1987, lawe ʻo Dee Dee i ka pāʻani i Lākana. Ua hōʻike maikaʻi ka mea mele jazz i ke kiʻi o Billie Holiday. ʻO ka mea mahalo, ua koho nā kiʻi keaka o Great Britain iā Dee Dee no ka makana ʻo Laurence Olivier.
A laila ua hala ʻo Bridgewater. ʻAʻole ʻoliʻoli ʻo ia i kāna poʻe pā i ka pāʻani ʻana i nā hale kiʻiʻoniʻoni a me nā haku mele hou. Ma hope o 10 mau makahiki o ka noho mālie, ua puka mai ʻo Dee Dee mai ka "aka" a hoʻomaka e hoʻi mālie i kona ʻāina hānau.
ʻO kahi hoʻomaha o 10 mau makahiki ...
I kēia mau makahiki he 10 o ka hoʻomaha, ʻaʻole i nānā ka mea mele i loko o ke keena hoʻopaʻa leo. Hāʻawi ʻo Dee Dee i nā mea pā i hoʻokahi album ola, Live in Paris, i hoʻokuʻu ʻia ma 1987.
Mahalo i ka hōʻiliʻili, ua loaʻa i ka mea hoʻokani jazz kahi makana mai ka French Jazz Academy.
I nā makahiki 1990 mua, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻo Dee Dee i kahi album ola hou, In Montreux, i mahalo nui ʻia. Ua hōʻoia ʻo ia i ka inoa o ka mea mele.
ʻO ka hoʻokuʻu mua ʻana o Bridgewater ʻAmelika mai 1979, Keeping Tradition, ua hoʻopuka hou ʻia ma 1992. Ua koho ʻia ka hōʻiliʻili no kahi makana Grammy.
Me he mea lā ʻo ia ka ʻike a Dee Dee Bridgewater i makemake ai. Akā ma mua o ka haʻalele maoli, pono ʻoe e kali iki. I kēia manawa, ʻauʻau ka mea mele jazz i nā kukuna o ka nani.
I ka waena o 1990s, ua hōʻike ka mea mele i kahi album studio, āna i hoʻolaʻa ai i ka hoʻomanaʻo ʻana i ka Horace Silver kaulana. Ke kamaʻilio nei mākou e pili ana i ka hōʻiliʻili Aloha a me ka Maluhia. Ua kapa ʻia kēia hana e ka poʻe hoʻohewa ʻAmelika he haku hana.
Ma hope o ka hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻana o ka moʻolelo, ua hoʻi ʻo Dee Dee i ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa a hoʻonohonoho i kahi huakaʻi maikaʻi loa. I ka manawa like, ua hāʻawi ka French Jazz Academy i ka mea mele i kahi makana kūikawā i kapa ʻia ʻo Billie Holiday no ka leo jazz maikaʻi loa.
I kekahi mau makahiki ma hope mai, ua hoʻohauʻoli ʻo Dee Dee i ka poʻe aloha mele me nā mea mele hou i hoʻoikaika wikiwiki ai ko lākou naʻau.
ʻO Bridgewater nāna i hoʻopuka a hoʻopaʻa i kahi hui no ka hoʻomanaʻo ʻana i ka jazz diva kaulana, ke kiʻi o kona ola, ʻo Ella Fitzgerald Dear Ella. ʻAʻole hiki ke waiho wale ʻia kahi album pili i ka naʻau a me ka poignant.
Hāʻawi ʻia ka hōʻiliʻili i kekahi mau makana Grammy i kūpono ʻia. Eia kekahi, ua ʻike ʻia ka hui ʻana ʻo Dear Ella ʻo ia ka album jazz maikaʻi loa o ko mākou manawa ma o ka hōʻike ʻana i ka mea hoʻokani me ka makana Victories de la Music.
ʻO nā ʻike hoihoi e pili ana iā Dee Dee Bridgewater
- Manaʻo ka mea mele jazz i kona ʻāina hānau ʻo ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa.
- ʻO "Amazing Lady" ʻo ia ka ʻōlelo Instagram maʻamau a Dee Dee.
- "ʻO nā mele mele e hula iaʻu me ka hauʻoli a me ka uē me ka manaʻo," i ʻōlelo ai ka mea mele.
- Me kāna hana, ua hoʻoikaika ka mea mele jazz i ka Russian jazz quintet Yankiss Band e hana i kahi ʻaha mele hoʻohanohano i hoʻolaʻa ʻia i ka mea mele kaulana.
- Ua hana ʻo Dee Dee ma kahi hōʻike kīwī me Charles Aznavour.
- Me Ray Charles, ua hoʻokuʻu ka mea mele i kahi mele i paʻi i ka piko o nā palapala jazz.
- Ua ʻae ʻo Dee Dee Bridgewater ʻo kona nāwaliwali he mea ʻono maikaʻi a he mea ʻala maikaʻi.
- I mea e maʻa maikaʻi ai ʻo Dee Dee i ka moʻolelo o ka mea pono e pāʻani ma ke kahua.
- ʻAʻole hiki i ka mea mele jazz ke noʻonoʻo i kona kakahiaka me ka ʻole o ke kofe ʻala a me ke kīʻaha wai.
- Ua hana ka mea mele ma ke kahua like me Clark Terry, James Moody, Jimmy McGriff.
ʻO Dee Dee Bridgewater i kēia lā
I kēia lā, pili ka inoa ʻo Dee Dee Bridgewater ʻaʻole wale me ka mea hana keaka a me ka mea mele jazz. He kūlana kivila ko ka wahine.
I ka makahiki 1999, ua koho ʻia ʻo ia i ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa no ka meaʻai a me ka mahiʻai. Ua ʻae kēia iā Dee Dee e kipa aku i nā ʻāina he nui a puni ka honua.
Ma 2002, hoʻolaʻa ʻo Dee Dee Bridgewater i kahi hōʻiliʻili iā Kurt Weill. Ua hoʻonohonoho ʻia kēia Is New e ke kāne o ka mea mele ʻo Cecil Bridgewater. ʻO ka haku mele ʻo Bilbao Song ke nānā nui ʻia.
I ka makahiki 2005, ua hoʻopiha hou ʻia ka discography a ka mea mele me ka album ʻo Jʻai Deux Amours, kahi i hoʻokomo ʻia i nā mele Farani kaulana. Ua hoʻokuʻu ka mea mele jazz i kēia album no ka hoʻohanohano ʻana i kona lā hānau.
Hiki iā ʻoe ke lohe i nā haku mele a Charles Trenet, Jacques Brel, Leo Ferret a me nā haku mele Farani kaulana ʻē aʻe.
I ka makahiki 2010, ua hoʻopiha hou ʻia ka discography a ka mea mele me ka album Eleanora Fagan (1915-1959): To Billie with Love from Dee Dee Bridgewater. Ua hoʻolaʻa ʻia ka hōʻiliʻili iā Billie Holiday. I hoʻokahi makahiki ma hope mai, ua hoʻokuʻu ka mea mele jazz i ka album Midnight Sun.
ʻOiai ʻo kona mau makahiki, hoʻomau ʻo Dee Dee Bridgewater i ka hana huakaʻi. No ka laʻana, ma 2020 e kipa aku kahi mea mele jazz iā Rūsia. ʻO ka hana aʻe e hana ʻia i ka hāʻule.
